IFC Midnight Acquires Retro Thriller ‘Rent-A-Pal’
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deadline.comBy Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/Reporter EXCLUSIVE: IFC Midnight has acquired the North American rights to Jon Stevenson’s thriller Rent-A-Pal.
The film will be released in September. Inspired by the real-life VHS tape, Rent-A-Friend: The Original Companion, Rent-A-Pal is set in 1990 and follows a lonely bachelor named David (Brian Landis Folkins).
In a pre-Tinder media era, David is looking to find an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother (Kathleen Brady).
While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called Rent-A-Pal bosted by a charismatic gentleman named Andy (Wil Wheaton).
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